Morning journal and courier., 1887-10-04
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. THE KNIGHTS IN SESSION. PowderIy Makes A Temper
 ance Appeal. TIE PRESIDENT KEPT BUSY Showing Himself To St
 Louis Admirers. THAT HAVING AT WILLIAMS Denied By Students And
 Faculty.
THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR.


 Powderly Explains His Views on Im- migration and Temperance to the General Assembly.
 MINNEAPOLIS. Oct. 3.-The general as
 sembly of the Knights of Labor was called
 to order in Washington rink this morning by J. P. McGaughey, secretary of the co-opera-
 tive board and chairman of the local com
 mittee of arrangements. The rink was
 handsomely decorated and contained about three thousand people. Mr. McGauphey read telegrams from MT. Powderly and Sec rstary Litchman, stating that they had been unavoidably delayed and could not arrive until afternoon. After short session an
 adjournment was taken till evening.
 Master Workman T. V. Powderly, Gener- al Secretary Charles H. Litchman and most of the delayed delegates arrived this after noon. The great hall capable of seating if teen thousand people was crowded at the time of the opening of the evening exercises On the platform were the prominent leaders of the organization, J. F. McGougbuey, sec 1etary of the cooperative board and prom inent Knight, presided and made brief opening address. General Master Workman Powderly's address on "The world, as knfghthood would make it." was received with unbounded enthusiasm. He said: Our organization is not partisan organiza- tion, but in the true sense of the word it is political organization. The man who studies with us will be able to vote inteliigibIy; is not, there is something wrong with bis head We are an organization. Nothing ever is still but corpse. We have F'kickers;" when one bad man kicks there are thousand good men and women to resent that kick. say all hail to the kickers. I have been taken to task few things. I want to say few things on immie rattan. It has been charged that I did not favor immie ration; it is a mistake. I am of foreign birth myself. I was not bon early enough to keep my father from coming to this country. would not have done so if I could. have no objection to foreign i'm migration. I favor it. Every land grant company hes it's immigration agents. They bring in all manner of foreigners. If one of these poor creatures raises his hand, not against what he sees just before him, is called an anarchist and is punished while the men who loaded the5e poor anarchists on this country go scot free. (Thunderous ap- plause.) I hate anarchy and anarchists How can the child reared in poverty, squal- or, ignorance and vice grow up to respect the institutions of this country? When say stop the agent of the steamship company, take home the agent ef the land company, stop importing foreign paupers, let only those come to our freee America who come of their own will to make their homes here, is that saying anything against foreigner? (Cries of no, no.) I thought you'd say so. That is why I am called crank on the immigration question. am also called 8 crank on the temperance question. I may be 8 crank on this ques- tion, but am not ashamed to say that would far rather see man sober man than @ drunkard. It is better to educate our children to be temperate than to be drunkards. There is not a man living who will say It is right to bring into the home that which damns the head of the family. There are those who have threat ened to leave the order because of my posi- tion on this question. I say to all who would withdraw for such cause, "Go." will trust the fate ot the nation with sober men and women. I will never take back one word of what have said on the temperance question, so help me God